Chapter 611 The End of National Day
On the grain drying field, the exhibition table arranged in advance by the village went around in a complete circle.
It looks like there are quite a lot, but at this moment not a single exhibition table is empty, they are all occupied by fruit farmers.
After you sing, I will appear.
Regardless of whether they are from their own village or from other villages, the fruit farmers all put the kiwi fruits they picked on the display table, and some of them are really like arranging flowers.
With the stage set up, there will naturally be no shortage of audiences.
Ever since someone first set up the stall, there have always been people in the grain drying field.
Now, more and more people are coming after hearing the news. After all, Changqing kiwi and cherry have already gained some reputation in the past two years.
Of course, the Zhang An family’s cherry reputation must still be bigger.
After all, they are born earlier than kiwis, and the cherry blossoms all over the mountain in early spring make the whole village popular. This is an impact that kiwis cannot achieve.
However, these two things are not in the same season, one is spring and the other is autumn, but they are distributed appropriately.
In the grain drying field, you can see many people who are very interested in asking about ripe kiwi fruits in front of each stall.
The fruit farmers are also very generous in allowing everyone to try their own kiwi fruits.
After trying it, many people nodded with certainty and then bought a few kilograms.
Even though these few kilograms are not much, I can’t help but buy some for everyone.
Anyway, it looks like a scene where the guests and hosts are enjoying themselves.
In order to ensure healthy competition, all kiwi fruits in Changqing Village are priced uniformly. This is what Zhang Jianwen has agreed with the villagers in advance. He is afraid that some people will be irrational and directly sell more kiwis. They gave the lowest price and destroyed everyone's profits.
Of course, the people who do not belong to Changqing Village are not included in this unified pricing.
Zhang Jianwen has seen the fruits they grow and has tried them himself. He is not worried that the price they sell is too low and they will take away all the business. He still has this confidence.
Zhang An doesn't know much about other people, but it can be said that there are a lot of people buying at his third uncle Zhang Jianye's house.
Because the fruits are slightly larger than those from other families, it didn’t take long before only the last few baskets were left of the cartload of kiwis that had just been picked in the morning.
So Zhang Jianye quickly called Zhang An and his son to go back to the orchard to pick a cart.
This time he didn't be polite to Zhang An's family. After all, the third aunt needed to stay to watch the stall. Zhang An and his son were not going to help. He and his two children might not know when they would pick it.
Until about three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Jianye's family sold out all two carts of kiwi fruits and took the lead in closing the stall.
This is not to say that they don’t want to take advantage of this opportunity to sell more, but they have already taken off all the ones that can be sold.
Although there are still a lot of fruits left in the orchard, not many are ripe these days, and most of them are still hard fruits.
If Lu Cheng came to harvest the fruits, the hard fruits would definitely be better because they require transportation and storage.
But if you want to sell it to people for eating on site, hard fruit will definitely not work. The taste and maturity are too different.
But being able to sell two cars is already a lot. Last year, it would have taken two or three days to sell these two cars.
At night, the spectacular scene of fireflies in the fields by the river last night once again attracted everyone's attention.
And the number of people going to the river to see fireflies tonight is no less than the number of people last night.
Zhang An was not too surprised by this situation, because so many fireflies only appeared last night, and the news had not spread too thoroughly.
There were already quite a few people watching the fireflies last night, and after a day of word-of-mouth publicity today, it is inevitable that there will be many people tonight.
Situation like this, Zhang An feels, will continue until the end of this National Day holiday.
Because the life cycle of fireflies is basically about a week, and the batch released by Zhang An was bred in space and fed with Lingquan crystal dew, so the survival period was extended. Some.
So even if Zhang An stops releasing them to the outside world, this batch of fireflies can still spend this National Day casually.
Tonight, Zhang An did not go to the river, but made a small lantern at home.
"Qiqi, come to daddy, daddy will give you all the fun."
After sealing the lantern, Zhang An released a lot of fireflies inside, and then called his son over .
Two nights ago, he knew that his son liked these fireflies, so he just got a new toy for the little guy today.
It's just that this thing has no effect during the day and can only be played at night.
When little Siqi saw the firefly lantern in his father's hand, he was so happy that he immediately asked for it.
Then I held the firefly lantern and circled in the yard, and the crisp laughter was no less than during the day.
“Qi Qi, let’s come.”
At this time, Li Yao and the others came over to play with the little guy.
Nowadays, the places where they usually like to gather, such as the grain drying field and the riverside, are all full of people.
Although they like to play together, they don’t go to places with so many people.
So in the past few days, the yard of Zhang An's house has become their temporary base.
“Hey, why are there so many fireflies here?”
Soon, the firefly lantern in the little guy’s hand became the focus of everyone’s attention.
In fact, there are so many fireflies by the river. If they don’t want to catch them, it’s all fake.
They are all rural children, and they like to tinker with these things the most.
Although fireflies are difficult to catch, it is not difficult for these little bullies in the village.
But after last night, Zhang Jianwen greeted every family in the village.
Let everyone take care of the children at home and not allow them to go to the river to cause trouble.
Not to mention Zhang Jianwen's prestige in the village, everyone also understands that the sudden appearance of so many fireflies is a great thing for the village.
Ever since, every household in the village has given instructions to their children.
So these little bullies can only hold back no matter how itchy their hands are.
Now that I saw so many fireflies in Xiao Siqi’s lantern, my eyes were already wide open.
“Daddy, daddy.”
Little Siqi couldn't answer the big brothers' questions, so she kept calling her daddy.
Li Yao and the others still don’t understand that Zhang An captured these fireflies.
"Dad, did you catch these fireflies by the river?"
So, one by one, they came to Zhang An and said to please him.
"Hey, I caught him, but not by the river. Your village chief grandpa over there said you are not allowed to catch him."
Zhang An has always liked to hang out with this group of people. I was dealing with dolls, so there were no complications.
This is true. He made these fireflies in space, not caught them by the river.
“Ah, it wasn’t by the river. Where was it caught?”
As soon as Zhang An said it was not caught by the river, the eyes of the little guys suddenly flashed. Here comes God.
Everyone was rubbing against Zhang An softly, trying to lure him out of the place, and then they themselves would catch him.
After all, they had only been able to watch so many fireflies by the river for the past two days without being able to catch them, and they were already exhausted. "Don't think about it. I caught them in the mountains. If you dare to go there at night, just wait for your legs to be broken."
How could Zhang An not know what they were thinking? , so I gave them an answer that made them give up.
“Ah, okay.”
Hearing what Zhang An said, the little guys who were so interested just now were like children beaten by frost.
If it were daytime, they would want to go into the mountains to catch them, but fireflies are difficult to find during the day and only come out at night.
But in this pitch-black night, they could only play in the village, and no one dared to run out.
Otherwise, what Zhang An said about breaking his legs was not a joke.
And Zhang An only said it was in the mountains, not the location in the mountains. Even if they really wanted to go, they couldn't find the place.
“Okay, although you can’t catch them, I still have some here.”
Seeing the disappointed looks on the little guys' faces, Zhang An immediately said with a smile.
Then he took out a plastic box containing chewing gum, which was filled with half a box of shiny fireflies.
"Godfather, give it to us to play with, okay."
"Yes, Uncle An, give it to us, we can do whatever you want us to do."
>As soon as they saw this half box of fireflies, the little guys immediately became energetic again.
This half box of fireflies is quite a lot, and it can be enough for three or four of the lanterns in Xiao Siqi's hand.
If you put less, you can make more, and there is no problem if you have one.
"Okay, here you go, but you are not allowed to take it out to play."
Zhang An threw the box directly to them, because it was originally meant for them to catch.
However, in order to prevent others from arresting them after seeing it, Zhang An asked them not to take it out to play with.
"Don't worry, godfather, we know it."
Although the little guys are young, they also know the principle of keeping wealth secret.
And they are not stupid. It is okay to play in the yard. If they take it out and are seen by the adults at home, no matter what, they will at least get a beating in vain.
Then, under the leadership of Li Yao, the little guys were in the yard, using the materials Zhang An had left over from making the lanterns just now, and made a few more small lanterns.
Don’t think they are playful, but their practical skills are not bad.
Although it is not as good-looking as the one in Xiao Siqi's hand, it still looks good.
It’s just that the materials are limited. No matter how small it is, only a few are made, which is not enough for one person.
But they got excited and couldn't stop at all. Zhang An had bamboos here, but the white paper was gone, so the little guys started to discuss again, each going back to each house to find some white paper and continue to make more. .
“Okay, no need to look for it, I can’t do without you guys.”
Zhang An called to them who were about to go out, and then found another one from the small room. Some lake lanterns on white paper.
In order to prevent the little guys from using the wood chopping knife, he also helped cut the bamboo strips with his own hands.
If the adults in these dolls' families saw it, they would definitely say that Zhang An was spoiling them again.
This is also the reason why the little guys have always been willing to get close to Zhang An.
In the remaining days, there were not as many people in the village as there were in the first three days.
Because many people came in the next few days, the village re-organized the program from the previous few days.
In this way, after the National Day, there were still some people who came. .
However, it only took two or three days. Around the 10th, the small mountain village returned to its previous calmness from the bustle.
After the festival, Zhang An will also start preparing to pick honeysuckle.
In fact, a few days ago, Zhang An had the idea of picking.
Only during the National Day, their house’s wall-to-wall honeysuckle seemed to have become an attraction in the village, attracting many people to stop.
Wang Hua often brings people over to take photos, so the harvest period is slightly extended by a few days.
The day before picking, Zhang An cleaned several bamboo baskets at home.
Because this thing has good air permeability, when the honeysuckle is harvested and packed inside, it will not get crushed.
If it is the kind of nylon bag commonly used at home, its air permeability is relatively poor. It is estimated that the honeysuckle will be covered not long after it is put in.
In the early morning, as soon as the cock crow sounded, Zhang An got up from the bed.
On the morning of October, the dawn is no longer as early as in previous summers.
When Zhang An first got up, the sky was still gray and the sun was still hidden in the clouds.
After washing my face, I took out the bamboo basket and prepared to start picking honeysuckle.
The time to harvest honeysuckle is usually early in the morning, when the sunlight is not too strong and the activity of honeysuckle can be well preserved.
The honeysuckle harvested at this time will have relatively sufficient nutrients, a richer smell, and a much better color after being processed.
So in the past, when the elders in the village went to work in the mountains, they would first pick some during the honeysuckle season, and then go to work.
When Zhang An was harvesting, he didn’t use any tools and just got started.
Many people in later generations like to use scissors, which will be very fast.
But Zhang An didn’t want to do this, because he needed to cut off the honeysuckle branches with scissors.
Although the harvesting speed is indeed very fast, it still needs secondary processing later, which is not as straightforward as him grabbing it.
After a while, my father Zhang Jianguo came over to help.
After Wang Fang washed the little guy's face, he went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
Now that the vacation is over, Su Ying has started her busy life of teaching the third grade of junior high school again.
Although it is only the third year of junior high school, the third year of junior high these days is no less nervous than the senior year of high school a few years later.
The little guy wanted to help, but he was standing on the ground and couldn't even reach the shortest leaves.
However, he is very sensible. He saw that his father and grandfather were busy, so he drove the car in the yard by himself.
"Qi Qi, mom has gone to school, please listen to grandma and the others at home."
After breakfast, Su Ying took her books and lesson plans, and before going out to school, she hugged The son said hello.
"Okay."
The little guy said crisply, and then kissed Su Ying on the face.
Now, Su Ying is even more motivated.
After Su Ying left, Wang Fang also put aside other things and joined in the harvesting of honeysuckle.
After all, they are blooming all over the wall. If you don’t hurry up, the water on the honeysuckle will soon be dried out when the sun rises and shines on the yard.
(End of this chapter)